6300 overclocking

[Bardock]

Also when I get the larger radiator ill position it at the top and then maybe make the rear fan as an intake instead of an exhaust. My pc is right in front of the window of my room plus it's almost cold season.

Do not get the rear fan as an intake fan... As it has been refered to many other topics, the hot air tends to move upwards. That means that u will get fresh air and throw it into a mass of hot air, around the CPU socket (which makes it even hotter). It won't work. Just get a bigger intake fan and a slightly bigger exhaust fan.

What fans do u use for intake and exhaust?

 

[GilbertC06]

Do not get the rear fan as an intake fan... As it has been refered to many other topics, the hot air tends to move upwards. That means that u will get fresh air and throw it into a mass of hot air, around the CPU socket (which makes it even hotter). It won't work. Just get a bigger intake fan and a slightly bigger exhaust fan.

What fans do u use for intake and exhaust?

Well my case is a c70

and I have two AF Corsair 120mm in the grill and two default corsair fans at the end of the drive cages. The H100i will be situated at the top of my case and the rear intake of will be another AF corsair 120mm. I also have 2 slots available on the side panel but not sure if they help.

 

[Johan45]

I see your case has a cutout in the Mobo tray. This is what I did and it helped me quite a bit.



It's a 50mm chipset fan that I stuck to the cooler bracket using some 2 sided tape.

 

[GilbertC06]

I see your case has a cutout in the Mobo tray. This is what I did and it helped me quite a bit.

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It's a 50mm chipset fan that I stuck to the cooler bracket using some 2 sided tape.

But with the H100i the amd backplate covers that whole place. There is no hole in the middle.

 

[caddi daddi]

your case fits 2 120 or 2 140mm fans on the side panel, fill those with lets say 60 cfm fans.

 

[GilbertC06]

your case fits 2 120 or 2 140mm fans on the side panel, fill those with lets say 60 cfm fans.

Looks like i'm gonna have to do that. I hate side panel fans because it makes the process of opening that case more difficult.

Also corsair somehow has refurbished h100i's at Fry's for 70 bucks. It seems like a steal. They are in brand new boxes and plastic wrap. Anyone here have any of those?

 

[GilbertC06]

H100i performed better than I expected





Now help me take this baby to 4.5

 

[RGone]

Forum regular "trents" just pushed his New FX-6300 to 4.5Ghz and it is all there in the thread.
Just skip over our palsy stuff with our old buddy "trents". He started out hot and too much Vcore and did the whole adjustment deal and we walked and talked thru it all.
RGone...

 

[RGone]

When you get close to your final 4.5Ghz you need to run P95 Blend for at least 2 hours. If it fails before 2 hours you will have needed to have these 4 items where you can post them up. That way we an check ram speed and timings and HT Frequency and the CPU_NB speed and see what is what.

Makes answering about overclocking an AMD cpu easier.

CPU Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

Memory Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

SPD Tab in CPUz from CPUID com

And this is screen capture of HWMonitor (free version) from CPUID com
HWMonitor has been scrolled enough and large enough to show Min/Max of Voltages and includes the CPU Core Temps; which are n0w called Package Temps, fully visible.

This capture is made of HWMonitor after it has been open on the desktop logging Min/Max temps and voltages while Prime 95 was running Blend Mode test on all cores for at least 20 mins and then the capture of HWMonitor was made and it shows the Min/Max temps and voltages before P95 Blend was started and while running P95 Blend mode and gives much greater insight into how the system is performing without guessing.

In order to attach screenshots of INDIVIDUAL images as suggested, first crop and capture the images with Snipping Tool found in Windows Accessories or equivalent. Then click on Go Advanced, a button at the bottom of every new post window. Then click on the little paperclip tool at the top of the Advanced post window when it opens. Clicking on the paperclip tool brings up the file browser/upload tool and the rest is fairly obvious.